Word Meaning 故国

ここく kokoku

故国 is read as ここく (kokoku) and means one's native land.

Meaning

English

one's native land

Reading

Kana

ここく

Romaji

kokoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 異国 Rank 11737 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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故障

こしょう

objection

故意

こい

mens rea (guilty mind)

故郷

ふるさと

ruins

故事

こじ

historical event

故に

ゆえに

therefore

故人

こじん

old friend

故郷

こきょう

hometown

故事成語

こじせいご

idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

故地

こち

place remembered for a connection to someone

故実

こじつ

ancient practices

故事来歴

こじらいれき

origin and history

故主

こしゅ

one's former master

Example Sentences

彼の故国はドイツだ。

His home country is Germany.

彼らは故国を捨てた。

They abandoned their country.

彼は故国を追放された。

He was exiled from his own country.